F2F Class Notes (Tony)
Vocabulary
I’m Not 100%,
I’m almost 80% better.
the time is very quickly – for a short time
How long will you be home?
I will be home for 2 weeks.
I will go home for 1 week. – I will go home in 1 week.
I will be at work for 4 hours.
we finish class in 27 minutes.
I got Japanese food at the Reel shopping mall, the basement has a food court
it was too greasy
across from the hotel
impulse – a feeling that you have, to do something, RIGHT NOW!
eg: I need to control my impulses. I’m too impulsive.
basement – B1 floor
eg: There is a Japanese place on the 2nd basement.
food court – a place, usually in a mall, with many small restaurants.
eg: There is a new food court in the Reel mall.
eg: Do you ever eat at that, 1778, or 1788, whatever it’s called, food court?
misspoke – to say the wrong thing, a speaking mistake
eg: I think he misspoke, the price should not be that expensive.
misheard – to hear the wrong thing, a hearing mistake
eg: Sorry, I misheard you.
misunderstand – to understand the wrong thing.
eg: Sorry, I misunderstood you. I thought you wanted a large coffee, not a small.
sick – you don’t feel well
eg: I never get sick.
eg: I haven’t gotten sick for around 7 years.
eg: I was sick last week.
have a cold – gan mao
eg: I didn’t have a cold.
flu – liu gan
eg: I had the flu for about 5 days.
Pronunciation
Rive – Rai V’
River – Rih verr
Bit
Bite
Bitter – bih derr
bif
beef
i – ihh. (EEE)
the huangpu river
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